News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
LEFFERS CNVlLEE.

J. B. Page is in Boston this week.
Rev. Mr.. Tenney preached at this
place on Sunday.
School began on Monday with Miss
Barton as teacher.
Cyrus Wilcox, of Milford, Mass, is Wis
iting his brothers.
Winnie Cheney, of Morrisville, spent
the Sabbath with Ella Holmes.
Mr.. Reed started for Massachusetts on
Tuesday with a car load of cattle.
Wetherby & Page shipped two car
loads of sugar to the West last week.
The select school closed on Thursday
with examinations, which reflect much
credit upon the scholars.
Mr.. Bourn, one of the editors of the
new paper which is to be started at Cam
bridge, was in this village the past week.
Mrs. Harley Watkins and children ar
rived at this place from Dakota on Sat
urday. She will spend most of the sum
mer with her parents, who live in Bak-
erstield.
Service and the holy communion at the
church on Sunday, next at 1870 a. m.
The annual Easter meeting of the mis-
sion of the Holy Apostles is to be held
Just after the morning service.
Among those who are to teach in town
are Cora Davis, at the Valley, Katie Nc
Eilory in the Hemlock district, Hattie
Mcclure in the Dickinson district, Ella
Holmes at East Cambridge, Laura Burn
ham in the ODER district. Nellie GrisWOld
in the Fullington neighborhOod, Cora
Mudgett at North Cambridge and Annie
Putnam at the HarbOr.
Next Saturday is Arbor Day. Can
be spent in Il more profitable manner
than in planting trees about our dwell
ings? Why not plant trees around the
school buildings. State Supt. Dartt has
requested that all citizens help to beau
tify those places where the children stay
the greater part of the year. Why not
comply with that request in this village?
The following, taken from the Jeffer-
son County, Montana Territory Sentinel
of April Is, will be of interest to m any
of our readers -
Cornelius Griswold dead. a good cit
izen gone. The whole community mourn
his loss. At about nine O'Clock this
morning our community was shocked by
r. A. Hammer riding into town at break
neck speed. telling every one he saw that
Cornelius Griswold had shot himself
through the head and was lying dead
~
great many of our citizens went at once
to the field, and true enough, as had been
represented, found him lying dead with
u bullet hole through his head and a
Henry rifle across his body. Mr.. Girls
void was one of the oldest residents in
the county, living about two miles from
town. He is the owner of between 400
and 800 acres of land near the town, be-
sides large herds OF cattle and horses.
He is also one of the prOprietOrs of Pro-
prietOLs OF the Boulder Hot Springs. and
was in every respect one of our most sub
stantial citizens. Every one loved him;
every one will lament and mourn his loss.
A purse containing S2O.l0. one memoran-
dunn book and letter addressed to his
wife, Helen B. Griswold, were found on
his person. The letter was as follows =
Dear wife.-I hope the world will not
blame you tor anything [ have done, for
you have been all that a loving and de-
voted wife could be to a husband. l am
all unstrung this spring and do not know
half of the time what | am doing. Have
Champion sold as soon as possible, for
George cannot manage him much longer.
Farewell, dear, dear Helen. May God
have mercy on my soul. Rent the place
and board. Have the estate settled up
as soon as possible.
Az IL Idl LGl W OllC " NIOCh tllC IhluSoO
commenced at the residence of Cornelius
GriswOld, with coroner and jury present.
Mrs Helen b. Griswold was called and
said: AT O'Clock on the morning of
the 18th Mr.. Griswold left the house, say
| ing he was going to the field with the boys
to get some hay. | went as far as the
corner of the house with him and he
kissed me on leaving as he always done
mt parting, so | thought nothing unusual.
For a month past Mr.. Griswold has
shown great nervousness, and was wake
tul, especially in the latter part of the
night; seemed restless. 1t seemed to be
growing on him and he called it the
blues He had a spell of it last sum
mer, but | know of nothing that caused
it, At times he seemed to be absent
minded; did not seem to comprehend
what was said to him. | did not from
any act or language think he would dc
any harm to himself. He said last night
| he had worked himself to death and now
you are doing the same thing. lie
seemed lately to mannify the smallest
trifes into great troubles" Verdict OF
the jury, That the said Cornelius Girls
void came to his death while laboring
under an alteration of the mind caused by
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